War in Ukraine LIVE: The Kremlin finds it “unacceptable” that Biden accuses Putin of genocide… – 20 Minutes

9:25 am: What are war crimes? “War crimes” are defined as serious violations of international law committed against civilians or combatants during an armed conflict and which result in the individual criminal responsibility of their perpetrators, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). These crimes correspond to violations of the Geneva Conventions, adopted in the aftermath of the Second World War, in 1949. Their codification the most recent is found in Article 8 of the 1998 Rome Statute, founding the International Criminal Court (ICC). War in Ukraine: “Denazification” of Ukraine, “genocide” targeting the Russians… Why the Putin’s rhetoric to justify war is baselesshttps://t.co/iqqP4FM6Sx (via @20Minutes)— Thibaut Chevillard (@TiboChevillard) February 24, 2022 Access to this content has been blocked to respect your consent choice clicking on “I ACCEPT”, you acc Accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners I ACCEPT And to better remunerate 20 Minutes, do not hesitate to accept all cookies, even for one day only, via our button “I accept for today” in the banner below. More information on the Cookie Management Policy page. This article defines over 50 examples of war crimes, including homicide, torture, hostage taking, use of child soldiers, unlawful deportations, intentional attacks on civilians, rape, looting or intentional attacks against humanitarian aid or peacekeeping missions. The use of gas, or generally prohibited weapons that can cause “unnecessary suffering” or “indiscriminate strikes” such as cluster munitions, are also considered war crimes. War crimes fall under the ICC . This international court, whose headquarters are in The Hague, was created in 2002, precisely to judge this type of crime as well as crimes against humanity, genocide and more recently crimes of aggression.